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UAE reviews progress on National Farm Sustainability Initiative
The first session of the National Dialogue for Food Security was launched on Tuesday by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE). The ... Gulf -
UAE asks state entities to buy local in food security push: Minister Mariam Al Mheiri
The United Arab Emirates has directed government entities such as the armed forces and hospital authorities to buy locally grown produce to support ... Economy -
Jameel Index for Food Trade launched to study impact of climate on food security
The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) at MIT announced on Tuesday a new research project, supported by Community Jameel, to ... Economy -
Biden will announce $1 bln for food security during GCC summit in Saudi
President Joe Biden will announce on Saturday during an Arab summit that the United States has committed $1 billion in new near and long term food ... Gulf -
G7 urges countries, companies to release food stockpiles in order to ease hunger
G7 industrialized nations on Tuesday urged countries and companies with large food stockpiles to help ease a hunger crisis sparked by Russia’s ... World News -
World Bank to provide additional $12 bln in funding to address global food crisis
The World Bank on Wednesday announced an additional $12 billion in funding for projects to address the global food security crisis, bringing the total ... World News -
Abu Dhabi invests in poultry, fish farms for food security
Abu Dhabi is investing $143 million to boost local production of produce, fish, cattle and poultry in its push to improve food security.Much of the ... Economy -
UAE’s high-tech urban, vertical farms shore up food security during coronavirus
In the past four years, the United Arab Emirates has grown a small but rising share of its own organic tomatoes, aiming to shore up food security in ... Coronavirus -
Food prices in Lebanon spike by 55 pct as locals struggle to feed families: Report
Food prices have been on the rise in Lebanon, and an increasing number of Lebanese are struggling to provide for their families, and some are ... Middle East -
How Arabs can tackle food security
Arab states are particularly susceptible to food shortages and food-price shocks. Besides, recent prognoses reveal that Arab countries will be ... Middle East -
Quinoa in your Koshari? The grainy road ahead for Egyptian rice
Anyone who is a fan of Egyptian food knows about koshari – a hearty, carb-rich dish, mainly consisting of rice, pasta, chickpeas and lentils.Now ... Features -
Growing unrest in Ethiopia and what it means for Gulf food security
The Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s resignation announcement on Feb. 14 may risk food security across the GCC. Ethiopia is one ... Features -
Better water management could halve global food deficit
Scientists investigated the potential for producing more food with the same amount of water by optimizing rain use and irrigation Features -
Political conflicts worsening Yemen food security, U.N. says
According to FAO, one in four Yemenis is undernourished and more than half of the country’s population is ‘food insecure’ Middle East -
Saudis throw away 440 tons of rice annually
Surplus quantities of food in the kingdom reached 231,764 meals in 2013 Economy -
Saudi company to invest in Sudan agriculture
Sudan was among the first countries which responded to King Abdullah’s initiative for achieving Arab food security, said an executive Economy
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